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229411 tn?1189755825

They should sell rapid tests to public

Why cant drug stores/pharmacies sell rapid tests to the public?

We could test a new partner and know their status, we could test ourselves.

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Doesn't matter if you lie or not. Eventually you'll need to go to a doctor to get other tests and at that time your name will be turned in to the State and fowarded to the National Data Base.
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Home Access is not a rapid test. It's a test you take at home and you send it in to be tested. For those of you in the US that want a positive result so bad should know that your name goes in the states data base if you do have a positive result and forward to the national data base.
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I'm getting an anonymous test done.
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229411 tn?1189755825
Can you lie about your name on the test? How can they prove its really you sending it?
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229411 tn?1189755825
I forgot to add, are they sold at Walmart? I want to go thru self check out when I buy it so people dont judge me. Do you have to ask the pharmacy for it or can you just walk up and pick it up?
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229411 tn?1189755825
Since Public Health wont test me until my 3 month mark, I am thinking of going to Walgreens to buy a home test.

How much are they?

How do I do it?

When I mail it off, how long before I find out?

How do you get results?
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I saw some test you can get through Walgreens, I thought that was a rapid test.
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Nor are they legal to sell in the US.
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229411 tn?1189755825
why are rapid tests illegal to sell?

i think they would be a great thing to help people.

i think we should start a petition.
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229411 tn?1189755825
When I had my rapid test they dont let you see the results, they turn it away from you and had a timer going.

The lady who adminstered my test told me when you are positive the line in the reaction field will appear in the first 3-4 minutes. After 15 min she turned the test to me and said "you are negative" we still waited 20 min and no line was there.

Well, this was only a 3 week test. So I might still be in window period.
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So are the home ones. I shut my eyes and then peeked a little (one eye at a time) when I have done mine...
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Rapid tests are scarey because they let you watch the lines appear.
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I just called a clinic and they said thats all they do is rapid testing for hiv. I don't want same day results, and I need some time to prep myself.
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They do! You just have to order them from the internet (and they're not FDA approved).

Teak will hate me for posting that.
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Your posting too much, and you didn't answer my question about the Bonny and Clyde thing
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